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The sad rhyme of the men who proudly clung To their first fault, and withered in their pride.
Robert Browning
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Robert Browning
Age: 77 †
Born: 1812
Born: May 7
Died: 1889
Died: December 12
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Robert Barrett Browning
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I see my way as birds their trackless way. I shall arrive,- what time, what circuit first, I ask not but unless God send his hail Or blinding fire-balls, sleet or stifling snow, In some time, his good time, I shall arrive: He guides me and the bird. In his good time.
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Into the street the piper stepped, Smiling first a little smile As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while. And the piper advanced And the children followed.
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I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.
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The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.
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But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again.
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The past is gained, secure, and on record.
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Of power does Man possess no particle: Of knowledge-just so much as show that still It ends in ignorance on every side.
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Women hate a debt as men a gift.
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Never the time and the place And the loved one all together.
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Most progress is most failure.
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Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me (When fortune's malice Lost her Calais): Open my heart, and you will see Graved inside of it 'Italy.'
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Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!
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Would you have your songs endure? Build on the human heart.
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